Writer and Performer Susan Suntree to Present Her Work at Pomona College

Writer, performer, teacher and environmental activist Susan Suntree, who has been
featured on NPR, KCRW and KPFK, will
investigate the dynamics of science, art and spiritual philosophies as they
engage contemporary life, in a presentation of her work on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. at Pomona College (Allen Theatre, Seaver Theatre
Complex, 300 E. Bonita Ave., Claremont).

Suntree has published extensively, including books of
poetry, biography, creative nonfiction, translations, essays and reviews. Her
most recent book, Sacred Sites: The
Secret History of Southern California (2010), explores the
prehistory and sacred geography of Los Angeles. Beginning with
Western science, Suntree carries readers from the Big Bang to the present as
she describes the origins of the universe, the shifting of tectonic plates, and
an evolving array of plants and animals that give Southern California its
unique features today. She recounts Native American creation myths and songs
that tell of the migration of humans into the region, where they settled and
how they lived. Novelist Carolyn See praises the book as “a glowing monument to
the magic that trails behind each one of us humans…[an] absolutely unique work
of art."

Suntree is the founder and artistic director of Theatre Flux
and has presented her poetry and performances nationally and internationally. She
founded FrogWorks, an eco-political street theater troupe, and is co-director
of Earth Water Air Los Angeles, an annual performance trek across Los Angeles
with giant puppets, street theater, teach-ins, music and poetry to educate
people about the Los Angeles environment and its last open spaces. She teaches
at East Los Angeles College.